THE EVOLUTION
OF ZOMBIES CALLING:For about five years,
I did the online comic Demonology
101, and Zombies Calling is my very first foray into print.
It was published by SLG Publishing
on November 14th. In
the beginning, Zombies Calling was a one-joke short comic about
a ridiculous action movie cliche (the 'ordinary person instantly
become a badass ninja when accosted by zombies/serial killers/terrorists/Mickey
Roarke). Later, because I liked the characters and the idea of
doing a tongue-in-cheek zombie comic, I developed a story around
it, involving university exams, student loans, and the lack of
zombie-killing weaponry in Canada. Trust me, if it ever came
down to a zombie invasion, we would be very unprepared. All *I*
have to defend myself with is a potato masher...
THE ORIGINAL ZOMBIES CALLING COMICS (2004):Below is the original comic, in all its goofy glory. It's
worth noting that I was not trying very hard at all with the
artwork, and it was back in 2004 when I drew it, slouched on
my bed (I now sit primly at a drawing desk. Miss Manners would
be so proud). The published comic doesn't look ANYTHING like
this, but it retains a certain charm. COVER / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 /
SIDE COMIC (Sonnet Explains It All) 1 / 2 /
THE PITCH COMIC (2005)After
Demonology
101 wrapped
up, I decided that I wanted to give this whole print media thing
a try. Much as I love online comics, I'd been doing them for
over five years, and I felt it was time to move on. So, during
a bout of unemployment, I drew up a 15 page proposal, recycling
the first ZedC joke, and sent it off to SLG. A good while later,
long after I'd given up and moved on to other things, they contacted
me about publishing the comic. Yeah, I was pretty shocked. It
was sort of like finding out the Loch Ness Monster existed, and
he wanted to publish your stuff. Weird. 1
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/ 14 / 15Character stuff (sent with the pitch):
Joss / Sonnet
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THE SOON TO BE PUBLISHED COMIC (2007):Go
here to see a preview of pages 1-15! Hopefully that whets
your appetite for more...OTHER STUFF:Email Me // And Then Canada Exploded
(personal blog) // Suspicious
Polo Players (my webpage) // Ice
(my active online comic) // Demonology
101 (my completed online comic) // We
Killed The Hubble! (my sketchblog with artist friends) //
Damnskippy @ Deviantart
(my deviantart account)